Re: Refering to From of ActiveX DLL
From: J French (erewhon_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 03/23/04
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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 12:47:07 +0000 (UTC)
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 09:41:40 +0500, "Syed Zeeshan Haider"
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>"J French" <erewhon@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>> >Although, I am having
>> >some tough time with ActiveX DLL's
>>
>> Write DLLs in another language
>>
>> - VB only makes 'fake' DLLs (or should I say crippled)
>
>So, that's why, I am still unable to 'privatise' them to a single exe yet.
>
>> Personally I use Delphi for DLLs, others use 'C'
>
>I don't know much about Delphi. Isn't it similar to VB?
>C is very hard to learn. A friend of mine, who knows C, says, "One needs 20
>to 30 years of experience to work perfectly in C."
I am biased about 'C'
- I utterly detest it, and feel physically sick when I look at the
code
- I get a similar feeling when I see badly written code in VB
Other people seem to get on with it, but I know a number of
programmers whose productivity was cut ten fold when they moved from
BASIC + ASM to 'C' - and they were very good before
I started on VB in 1996 - having held off for years.
VB4 16bit - it had to be 16bit
It was a rush job for an old client involving a database on a CD
I found the string searching dreadfully slow, so got a copy of Delphi
1 from a friend, and used it to produce DLLs that contained Assember
routines.
- no Delphi at all
I had to buy a copy of Delphi 2 (32 bit) for a licence for Delphi 1
Gradually I started looking at Delphi and used it to implement a
standalone HTML Browser
I upgraded to Delphi 3 and then 4 each time Borland contacted me.
Delphi is like a cross between VB and 'C'
- it has 'real' Strings, produces lightening fast code, and exposes
all the Win32 API for you.
Writing in Delphi is far slower than writing in VB (maybe because I
have been coding in BASICs for 25 years)
- one can also dig oneself into a hole
However, with Delphi it is like building a wrist watch, while with VB
it is like using Lego
If you want to learn Delphi, I'll certainly help you out
- but I strongly recommend that you get a 'Pro' copy, because that
comes with the source code of what Delphi is built from
IMO all programmers should have two languages
One hammer and one screwdriver
<snip>
>But I am still a learner.
We are all learners
>> another is pure ASM - www.masm32.com
>> - very interesting
>
>I will try it. Thanks!
Have a look, it seems to be written by a mad Russian guy, who is
obviously a genius.
He says things like: 'MASM is a high level language'
I suggest that you get a friend to talk you through the rudimentary
principles of ASM - even if you don't use it, knowing what goes on
under the hood makes a great difference when programming in higher
level languages.
HTH
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